Holiday: National Hug Day I… am not sure what to say about this. Perhaps it was made so that all those naive, attention-depraved teenage girls and creepy-looking old men don’t have to reserve their “free hugs” signs just for cosplay and comic conventions. Don’t get me wrong. Hugs are great… when they are between two […]
Geek Events to celebrate on January 20: 1885 – L.A. Thompson patents the roller coaster. January 20 birthdays of geeky note: 1930 – Buzz Aldrin, American astronaut 1960 – Will Wright, American computer game designer and co-founder of the game development company Maxis, now part of Electronic Arts. He’s best known as the mastermind behind […]
January 19 Birthdays of Geeky Note: 1809 – Edgar Allan Poe, American writer and poet (d. October 7, 1849). He inspired the macabre in many and literary tattoos in some.
January 18 Birthdays of Geeky Note: 1854 – Thomas Watson, American telephone pioneer (d. December 13, 1934). He was Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant.
January 17 birthdays of geeky note: 1560 – Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist (d. December 5, 1624) who wrote Pinax theatri botanici (1596), which described thousands of plants and classified them in a manner that draws comparisons to the later binomial nomenclature of Linnaeus. 1961 – Maia Chiburdanidze, Russian women’s Chess grandmaster. In Russia, chessmasters are […]
Geek Events to celebrate on January 16: 1492 – The first grammar of the Spanish language (Gramática de la lengua castellana) is presented by Elio Antonio de Nebrija to Queen Queen Isabella I of Spain. This was the first book to focus on the study of the rules of a Western European language besides Latin. […]
Geek Holiday: : Korean Alphabet Day Also called Hangul Day or Hangul Proclamation Day, this Korean national day of commemoration (unfortunately no longer a legal holiday) celebrates the invention and the proclamation of hangul (한글), the native alphabet of the Korean language, by King Sejong the Great. It is observed on January 15 in North […]
Geek events to celebrate on January 14: 1998 – Researchers in Dallas, Texas present findings about an enzyme that slows aging and cell death (apoptosis). Time to celebrate the prospect of a fountain of youth that could lead to an unlimited lifetime of acquiring useless knowledge and perfecting your Cthulhu characters.
Geek events to celebrate on January 13: 1942 – Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, also known as a soybean car, that is 30% lighter than a regular car. The concept was halted during World War II and afterwards it was abandoned. January 13 birthdays of geeky note: 1906 – Zhou Youguang, a Chinese linguist […]
Geek events to celebrate on January 12: 1866 – The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.